I would say they will cross breed. Any plant that produces seeds and reproduces by seed will cross breed with a like plant that also produces seeds.

We see examples of this in tomatoes. If you plant any 2 varieties of tomatoes they will be cross pollinated. The seeds from those tomatoes will not produce a tomato like either parent.

the definition of species.. or part of it anyway.. is that it comes true from seed ...

without an ID of what you have.. nor what you are thinking of buying.. there really isnt any answer to your multitude of questions ...

but.. genetics is genetics ... and akin to a cross between you and a spouse ... which will result in a strawberry ... no one can ever be sure if the child will be anything like either of the parents ... besides being a strawberry ..... to mix a metaphor and pour a daiquiri .. lol ..

and even if you name both parents.. i am going to bet .. we hear in the perennial forum might not have the experience you wish.. to broaden your audience.. you might try a fruit forum ...

good luck

ken

ps: are straws perennial .. or biennial????

They are perennial but most commercial growers toss them after 2 years up north and most growers down south treat them as annuals because the heat kills them.i could have shortened it I suppose will the wild runner forming wood strawberry cross with alpine.

Fragaria vesca AKA alpine strawberry is one of the wild strawberries that grow in many places in the US, but the garden form has been selected to not have runners (the wild form usually has runners.) F. virginiana is another common one of the wild strawberries that has runners. I don't know what wild species you have, and I don't know how readily strawberries crossbreed between species, but to be safe, I'd either not grow from seed, or grow your seedlings in a nursery bed for at least a year to see if they develop runners.

Fragaria vesca (alpine strawberry) is a perennial. Lovely groundcover - that is what I use them for, the tiny fruit is an added bonus (and especially pretty when appear at the same time as the tiny white flowers).

The wood strawberry and the alpine strawbs are the same species - Fragaria vesca.....but, as stated, the seed variety is a stable variety which is less stoloniferous than 'weedy' types. These will not hybridise with garden strawbs (fragaria x ananassa) nor the other possibility, F.virginiana.....but may well hybridise with each other, losing the non-running character (although my experience has been that ALL fragaria are very inclined to run about. Years ago, I remember sowing some European variety (hautbois strawberry) which was a different species, but cannot recall what.....

I guess I'll grow a few in a pot and when they are about to flower I'll bring them inside and pollinate them myself so I can grow the seeds safely knowing that they are 100% white alpine strawberry